Three new Research Highlights about UK trends

15 September 2014

The Evidence Group of the UK Council for Child Internet Safety has launched three new editions to its series summarising the latest research reports.

The latest in this series of 71 Research Highlights includes a report from Middlesex University and the Office of the Children's Commissioner that explores the evidence base covering the effects of exposure and access to pornography on children and young people. There are also new summaries of the latest reports from the Net Children Go Mobile project, including highlights from the UK report which draws out trends in comparison to the UK dataset from the EU Kids Online report in 2011, highlighting areas where children's use of technology has become safer, and other areas where children's exposure to risk has increased.

Net Children Go Mobile and EU Kids Online (July 2014) Full publicationA summary of the results of the UK (N = 516) collected as part of the Net Children Go Mobile in-home survey among 3,500 9-16 year-old internet users in Belgium, Denmark, Ireland, Italy, Romania, Portugal, and the UK, using a stratified random sample and self-completion methods

Middlesex University and the Office of the Children's Commissioner (May 2014) Full publicationA summary of the results of the Rapid Evidence Assessment (REA) undertaken by Middlesex University for the Office of the Children’s Commissioner (OCC) focusing on the effects of exposure and access to pornography on children and young people. It drew on research evidence published between January 1983 and January 2013, and considered 276 academic and other items.